Blue Lines
A sense of crisis loomed over the regional summit on 10-11 July as West African leaders gathered in Accra, with security, migration and the Ebola virus high on the agenda. Insurgencies, organised crime and political rivalries are intruding on grand plans ...
Blue Lines
The theme of the African Union summit in Equatorial Guinea on 26-27
June was 'Agriculture and Food Security' but the part that really
resonated among leaders was the word 'security'. Egypt was readmitted
to the AU after last month’s election and on 26 Jun...
Blue Lines
It’s official: it started with a pain in the neck at the National
Executive Committee meeting of the African National Congress. That is Jacob Zuma’s neck and the pain was
severe enough for his fellow NEC members to send him to hospital. ANC
Secretary Gene...
Blue Lines
To see government leaders argue publicly about politics and security at the African Development Bank meeting in Kigali last week showed how much discourse, if not governance, has changed. When he was in office, South Africa's former President Thabo Mbeki ...
Patrick Smith
On 13 February, President Jacob Zuma will take a formal break from
election campaigning – to give the annual State of the Nation address.
The accent will be on the word 'formal' as with national elections now
set for 7 May, the State of the Nation address...
Patrick Smith
Stronger
economies and troubled politics sum up the reports in Africa
Confidential’s
first two issues of the year, which focus on events and developments
ahead. The International Monetary Fund still forecasts African growth
at over 6% for 201...
Stars Foundation
1 December 2013
WORLD AIDS DAY: SOUTH AFRICAN EDUCATION CHARITY TACKLING HIV WINS UK AWARD
On World AIDS Day, the Stars Foundation is delighted to announce IkamvaYouth as 2013 Impact Award Winner for Education in Africa-Middle East. The remaining Imp...
Patrick Smith
As more details emerge about the drowning of over 350 African migrants when their ship capsized on 3 October a few miles off the Italian island of Lampedusa, officials at the European Union are under pressure to find ways to prevent such disasters. Ital...
Gill Lusk
'We were blessed to have the State of Qatar!', declared the head of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) on 8 May in London. Not everyone says that, at a time when the Gulf emirate is rising up the international monitoring list for jihadist funding. Along ...
Patrick Smith
The
post-mortem on Kenya's 4 March election could prove as important as
the vote itself. It is under way after Raila Odinga, presidential
candidate for the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord),
submitted a detailed petition to the Supre...
